Balagueró returned with the short Days without Light (1995), which achieved similar success on the festival circuit.

[1] The film marked Balagueró's English-language debut,[1] and was picked up by Miramax Studios, which released a heavily truncated version in U.S. theaters in December 2004.

2005 saw the release of Balagueró's third film, the ghost story Fragile (2005), starring Calista Flockhart and Richard Roxburgh.

[2][3][4] A revival of Narciso Ibañez Serrador's macabre TV series Historias Para No Dormir (aka Tales to Keep You Awake, 1966–67 with a brief resurrection in 1982), Películas consisted of six horror-themed episodes directed by several notable horror directors from Catalonia and other parts of Spain, including Álex de la Iglesia and Mateo Gil.

[8] Balagueró directed REC 4: Apocalypse[9] and co-wrote along Manu Díez the screenplay, of the film.